Sentences with phrase «similar analyses because»

In Chicago, however, we could not run similar analyses because grade configuration is too strongly correlated with charter status; we therefore can not rule out the possibility that positive results in Chicago could be partly attributable to eliminating the transition from middle school to high school.

Not exact matches

For the sake of brevity, we will skip analysis of the Dow Jones SPDR ETF ($ DIA) because both its daily and weekly chart patterns are quite similar to SPY above (broke down firmly below its 50 - day moving average yesterday, and is also coming into support of its year - long uptrend line).

Similar to our Indiana / Iowa analysis, I'm comfortable projecting that sharp money is responsible for the line movement, but playing TCU as an 8 - point underdog simply because it's the «sharp side» would be buying one of the worst numbers the betting market has offered so far this week.

It could be argued that unplanned home births are similar to planned home births which were transferred to hospital during labour (because birth did not take place in the intended location), and that not getting to hospital in time is a risk of planning a hospital birth, and for this reason we have run the analysis both with and without unplanned home births (see «results» section).

Because Labour could, potentially, win if the previously Labour but now non-voters can be persuaded to start turning out and voting Labour again, but only if the non-voting support base is fairly large, and without that sort of analysis over larger areas it's hard to judge — it's definitely partially true in my ward, Labour had disappeared electorally years ago, but won the seat in 2012, despite most other parties getting similar votes to normal (and our support mostly going to an Independent we were tacitly backing).

But similar analyses of muscle biopsies from racehorses have been less successful in predicting performance, mainly because the composition of fibres within the working muscles varies widely.

The time evolution of the Northern Hemisphere mean for the two data sets is shown in the lower panel, showing a good agreement over most of the record, but with slightly higher GISTEMP estimates over the last 10 years (the global mean was not shown because my computer didn't have sufficient memory for the complete analysis, but the two data sets also show similar evolution in e.g. the IPCC AR4).

Because the firing activity between both monkeys was very similar, data from both animals will be combined in all future analyses as well.

S&W argue that their method eliminates influences of ENSO and volcanoes because their calculated sensitivity in the higher frequency band is similar to the one derived by Douglass and Clader (2002) by regression analysis (0.11 K / Wm -2).

Because the GI could be a possible confounder or effect modifier, we stratified analyses by GI; the strength of the association (OR) by quartile was similar to our reported results.

At its core, it is a derivative film, not only because it is a remake, but it is also very similar to other films to come out in the years before it, including Alien and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but it still manages to hold its own through the fantastic action, Ennio Morricone's (The Untouchables) sparse and haunting score, and the lively acting by all of the performers, with especially memorable performances by Kurt Russell (Stargate, Tombstone) and Keith David (They Live, Final Analysis).

For that reason, and because I found no similar connections in other subject areas when I did the same kind of analysis, I excluded the math results from the main analysis reported above.

We focus our analysis on charter middle schools, because we are able to compare charter and traditional public school students who had similar entering test scores and demographic characteristics and even attended the same elementary school.

The SQII reports and analyses are a means to an end for the districts, because they allow schools with similar demographics to learn from each other about programs that are working to support the children's achievements, said Rick Miller, executive director of CORE districts.

Veterinarians are becoming increasingly aware of the problems associated with trying to visually identify dog breeds and some have instituted statements similar to the following in their practices: «Because new scientific evidence has called into question the accuracy of visual breed identification of dogs, our hospital has adopted a policy to not identify canine patients by predominant breed unless the dog is purebred, the predominant breed of the dog's parents is known, or the dog's lineage has been established through the use of DNA analysis.»

Because cluster analysis uses a combination of parameters to determine dissimilarity between groups, it is not possible to determine from the present data why these similar - sized breeds were separated.

The time evolution of the Northern Hemisphere mean for the two data sets is shown in the lower panel, showing a good agreement over most of the record, but with slightly higher GISTEMP estimates over the last 10 years (the global mean was not shown because my computer didn't have sufficient memory for the complete analysis, but the two data sets also show similar evolution in e.g. the IPCC AR4).

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I like his analyses because he thinks at the strategic level, he provides results that are valuable for informing policy, he makes his work readily understandable for non experts and, especially important, he appears to be more objective, less partisan, and less tainted by the CAGW group - think than most of the other analysts doing similar work (such as Sir Nicholas Stern and Ross Garnaut).

[T] he effort to demonstrate that similar cases are being treated alike often finds its rhetorical manifestation in a penchant for analyses that have a déja lu quality — usually because the words have been read before.

The bland, repetitive, and often formulaic cadences of legal writing in general, and judicial writing in particular, can be explained in large part by a commitment to the neutral and consistent application of the law... [T] he effort to demonstrate that similar cases are being treated alike often finds its rhetorical manifestation in a penchant for analyses that have a déja lu quality — usually because the words have been read before.

While there's no question that probationary dismissals in non-union contexts are subject to a similar type of my analysis, we have to be cautious when importing labour principles into employment law, simply because labour principles so frequently derive from terms of collective agreements which are frequently not present in individual contracts of employment.

Because data is easier to capture now, it is also easier to tailor policies automatically to clients, or by understanding their needs due to past analysis of similar client needs, an insurer can provide the best - fitting policies.

A Hedge g effect size estimate was used in the power analysis because it includes a correction for sample size and is therefore more appropriate to use with small samples.26 The interpretation of g is similar to the interpretation of the Cohen d: 0.80 or greater is considered large, 0.50 to 0.79 is considered medium, and 0.20 to 0.49 is considered small.27 A minimum effect size of g = 1.0 was expected based on prior uncontrolled studies of CBCT and the broader psychotherapy research for PTSD.28 An effect size of g = 1.0 represents an approximately 25 - point improvement in total CAPS scores.

Psychotherapy adherence findings were also similar, and the 32 % attrition rate was identical.17 The TDCRP post hoc analysis of more severe (17 - item Ham - D score ≥ 20) 1 vs milder depression was not undertaken because only 10 % of subjects met the severity criterion.

This section focuses on mental health because (a) our analyses revealed that disparities in physical health by marital status or spousal age gap are not statistically significant and (b) results for mental and physical health follow a similar pattern.

PCIT was chosen as the PT program because PCIT: a) has well established efficacy in reducing young children's EBP (Eisenstadt et al. 1993; Eyberg et al. 2001; Hood and Eyberg 2003; Schuhmann et al. 1998); b) contains all of the treatment components recognized by Kaminski and colleagues» meta - analysis (Kaminski et al. 2008) as yielding the largest effect sizes (i.e., increasing positive parent — child interactions, promoting consistency and use of time out, and requiring parents to practice new skills with their child during PT sessions); c) aims to strengthen the parent — child relationship, which can be accomplished in a brief intervention (Bakermans - Kranenburg et al. 2003); d) is a competency - based model that emphasizes skill acquisition rather than a fixed set of sessions; and e) includes a unique delivery technique (i.e., wireless headset for the therapist to coach the parent in vivo during interactions with the child) similar to an exposure - based approach in which parents observe «in vivo» changes in their child behavior during sessions.

That's because realtors compile a list of similar solds in a neighbourhood when putting together comparative market analysis reports for clients.